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Portrait of Mesmer
Portrait of Franz Anton Mesmer, who discovered animal magnetism or mesmerism Date: 1784

Crow and Dreams
A crow leads a small girl through the land of dreams Date: 1932

Sleepwalking Lady
A sleepwalking female walks on the narrow parapet of her home, where she would never dare go when awake. Why sleepwalkers love heights is not understood. Date: 1907

Electricity & Face
French doctor Duchenne (de Boulogne) demonstrates how facial expressions can be altered by applying electrical current to different muscles of the face Date: circa 1860

Privy Council Office, Whitehall, 1846
Engraving showing the exterior of the Privy Council Office in Whitehall, London, 1846. The facade of this building was greatly altered that year, to the designs of Barry

Aissaouas Mutilation
Moslem fanatics at Kairouan, a holy city of Tunisia, seem to feel no pain as they inflict fearful mutilations on their own bodies

Oracle on her Tripod
The Oracle on her tripod, inhaling the fumes which will put her into an altered state and enable her to utter her inspired predictions

The Palace of Sleep has two doors, one of ivory - notice the elephant - whence come false and flattering dreams, the other of horn (cow) whence issue true and noble dreams

Hypnotised Hypnotising
Anna M. while being mesmerised by Townshend, demonstrates the best way to mesmerise someone, and effectively mesmerises her younger sister

Medallion of Mesmer
Friedrich Anton (Franz) Mesmer - depicted on a medallion. Mesmer was a German physicist who explored ideas on magnetic and gravitational influences on health

Broughton Castle, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, was originally built in 1300 for John de Broughton. It was extended, crenellated and altered over the centuries

Exorcism Venezuela 1989
A shaman attempts to heal a sick man by driving out evil spirits, at Mavaca, Venezuela

Hypnotised Subject - 2
A hypnotised mental patient at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, responds to the suggestion that she blow a kiss

Hypnotised Subject - 4
Six hysteria patients at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, are simultaneously put into the hypnotic state by a sudden unexpected sound

THE SORRY TALE novel communicated by Patience Worth through American psychic Mrs John H Curran (Pearl Curran)

Possession / Cadiere 1730S
At Aix-en-Provence, Catherine Cadiere claims to have been bewitched and seduced by Pere Girard, and to be possessed by devils in consequence

Hypnotised Subject - 9
Exciting the cubital (forearm) nerve in a hypnotised subject at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris

Loudun / Soeur Claire 2
Despite being exorcised, Claire de Sazilly, one of the afflicted nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule, refuses to admit that she is possessed by the demon

Man Suddenly Possessed
During a church service, a man in the congregation is suddenly possessed by an evil spirit Date: 1659

Flagellants
FLAGELLANTS roamed western Europe periodically from the 11th to the 16th centuries, scourging themselves in a quasi-ecstatic state

Sleepwalker & Moon
A girl walks in her sleep at the full moon, watched by pitying villagers

New Zealand Maori Dance
The HAU-HAU, a religious /patriotic dance of the Pai Marire fanatics, which expresses in dance movement a challenge to the authorities, somewhat like a war dance

Sleeping Lady / Jugend
Lady sleeping on her back

Hypnagogic Images
Hypnagogic images - abstract shapes which present themselves on the threshold of sleep

Mother and sleeping child
A mother instructs her sleeping child with hypnotism to help it sleep

Boys with Convulsions
Boys afflicted with Chorea, known as St Vitus dance, or as Danse de Saint-Guy in France

Lambeth Palace, 18th Cen
The palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury, seen across the Thames: first erected in 1197, but substantially altered through the centuries Date: in the 18th century

Loudun / Soeur Claire
Claire de Sazilly, one of the afflicted nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule, is exorcised in the presence of the duc d Orleans Date: 20 June 1633

Loudun / Surin and Demon
Pere Surin, sent to exorcise the demons plaguing the nuns of Saint-Ursule, is himself assailed by the nasty creatures

Loudun - Grandier Accuse
The nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule accuse Urbain Grandier of throwing a bewitched rose-sprig into their garden, causing them to be victims of his lust

Loudun - Nuns Exorcised
The nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule are exorcised to rid them of the demons by which they are possessed

Nicole Aubry Exorcised
When Nicole Aubry is exorcised at Vervins, France, the demons who formerly possessed her leave her in the form of beasts

Spanish Exorcism C1800
A noble Spanish lady is exorcised by a priest in her own home, while her family register their concern in various ways and even the servants show interest

CATs DREAM
The cats dream - that his master has caught a fish

WAKING UP / 1907
A young woman is woken up by a cat entering her bedroom

Sleeping (2 of 2)
LE REVEIL waking (2 of 2)

Sleeping (1 of 2)
LE SOMMEIL sleeping (1 of 2)

Sleepwalking Girl
A girl in her nightie walks on the window-ledge

Jesus Casts out a Demon
Jesus casts out a demon

Soldiers Reverie
A SOLDIERs REVERIE - he dreams hes back on the farm with his girl

Mesmer Glorified
Mesmer is crowned by a jester as he stands on a balloon inflated by his followers, including a cleric, calling down the power of the sun to cure his patients

Madeleine Bavent Exorcis
Madeleine Bavent, a young nun at Louviers, France, is exorcised : through her, the demon accuses the priest Boulle of seducing her - he will be burnt on her say-so

Dream Chart
The key to your dreams : a sorcerer and a witch, with their sinister familiars, reveal your destiny when you tell them your dreams, for everything has a meaning !

Dream Situations 19C
What we dream of : finding hidden treasure, approaching danger, fire, a journey, thieves, a letter, military victory, a racing winner - and of course, love and marriage !

Girl on Chairs
GIRL STRETCHED ON CHAIRS In the hypnotic state, general muscular contraction can be induced, enabling the body to do things it couldn t do in the normal state

Day-Dreaming
DAY-DREAMING

Saint-Medard, Cure
SAINT-MEDARD, Paris Marguerite Francoise du Chene is one of the convulsionnaires who is cured of her ailment, haemorrhage and fever, at the tomb of M. de Paris

Scipios Dream
SCIPIOs DREAM The Roman general Scipio Aemilianus dreams he is visited by his illustrious grandfather Scipio Africanus who gives him good advice

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